#B35CE3#B35CE3

#B35CE3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.205 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35CE3
RGB	rgb(179, 92, 227)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 59.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 57.31, -54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 79.15, 316.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.1366 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.205 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2802, 22.7849, 75.1449)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35CE3 #8CE35C

analogous

#705CE3 #B35CE3 #E35CCF

triadic

#B35CE3 #E3B35C #5CE3B3

tetradic

#B35CE3 #E3705C #8CE35C #5CCFE3

square

#B35CE3 #E3705C #8CE35C #5CCFE3

split-complementary

#B35CE3 #CFE35C #5CE370

monochromatic

#761DA8 #9B28DA #B35CE3 #CB90EC #E4C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B35CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#B35CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35CE3

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35CE3	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5185E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 92, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.205 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8eec',
    500: '#b35ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35ce3;
$custom-light: #cd8eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.667,
    "s": 70.681,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63531,
    "c": 0.20543,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35CE3

secondary

#C6E6B5

accent

#D31357

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35CE3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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